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  <h1>Searching for Text Within a File</h1>
  <p>The <b>Go To</b> selection in the pop-up menu for one of the navigation views allows you to quickly find a
  resource in the Workbench by searching resource <i>names</i>.</p>
  <p>You can also do contextual searches for information that is contained <i>inside</i> files in the Workbench. To
  find all files that contain a particular string of characters:</p>
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    <li>On the main toolbar, click the <a class="command-link" href=
    'javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.search.ui.openSearchDialog")'><img src=
    "PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt="command link"> <b>Search</b></a> button <img src=
    "../images/search.svg" alt="search icon" border="0">.</li>
    <li>Go to <b>File Search</b> tab.</li>
    <li>Type your search string in the <b>Containing Text</b> field, or use the pull-down list to select a previously
    entered search expression.<br>
    Use <code>\</code> as an escape character for search strings that contain the special characters <code>*</code>,
    <code>?</code>, or <code>\</code>, (for example: <code>d:\\directory\\filename.ext</code>).</li>
    <li>Finish entering your search options, (for example, to scope the search to specified file types), and click
    <b>Search</b>.</li>
    <li>The Search view displays the results of your search. Right-click on any item in the Search view to open a
    pop-up menu that allows you to remove items from the list, copy search results to the clipboard, or rerun the
    search. To open one of the listed files, double-click it or select <b>Open</b> from its pop-up menu.</li>
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  <p>If you close the Search view, you can return to it later by selecting <a class="command-link" href=
  'javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.views.showView(org.eclipse.ui.views.showView.viewId=org.eclipse.search.ui.views.SearchView)")'>
  <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt="command link"> <b>Window &gt; Show View &gt; Other...
  &gt; General &gt; Search</b></a>.</p>
  <p>As an alternative to using the Search Dialog and Search View you can also use the <a href=
  "../gettingStarted/qs-36c.htm">Quick Text Search</a> dialog. The Quicksearch Dialog is especially suited to jump
  around the workspace quickly using textual matches.</p>
  <h3 class="related">Related Concepts</h3><a href="../concepts/csearchview.htm">Search view</a>
  <h3 class="related">Related Tasks</h3><a href="../tasks/tasks-84b.htm">Searching for files</a>
  <h3 class="related">Related Reference</h3><a href="../reference/ref-26.htm">Search view</a><br>
  <a href="../reference/ref-45.htm">File search</a>
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